Today is Flag Day. It was on June 14, 1777, that the Second Continental Congress approved a flag with stars and stripes as the official flag of the United States. The significance was one star for each state and 13 red and white stripes to commemorate the original 13 colonies.

The year 1777 marked the only time that there were equal numbers of stars and stripes. Many flag designs circulated among the new Republic. Sometimes the stars were in a circle, sometimes in rows, and, even as late at the 19th century, the stars appeared in the shape of a star. Our current flag design has been around since 1960, with Hawaii’s admission to the Union.

Question to Consider: Do you think there will be a 51st state? Or a 52nd state? Which territory or location will hold this title?

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Weekend Ed. Quote~June 1~Never doubt

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”  Margaret Mead (1902-1978);  cultural anthropologist More Weekend Quotes

Power Up Lesson Plans, PBS Learning Media

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Springtime offers the perfect backdrop for promoting physical activity and engaging students in immersive learning experiences. Use this power-packed mix of resources from PBS LearningMedia to help your students understand the importance of movement in their daily lives.

The Truth About Exercise: What is Your NEAT? Grades 6-13 | Video | The Human Body This obesity expert proposes that the best way to improve health is to increase your “NEAT” level. Ask your students to investigate his theory.

Titanium Chairs & Cheetah Legs Grades 6-12 | Video | Technology in Sport Introduce your students to the specialized wheelchairs, prosthetics, and other high-tech “tools of the trade” that allow Paralympic athletes to compete in various high-impact sports.

Power Your Body with Exercise Grades 5-8 | Blended Lesson | Impact of Exercise Invite your students to examine the changes that occur in the body in response to physical activity using this new blended lesson from WGBH.

Mixie’s Boogie Buffet Grades 1-4 | Interactive | Health What better way to kick off a lesson on exercise than to get your students up on their feet? Use this interactive game to break the ice.

Increasing Physical Activity in Schools Grades 13+ | Blended Lesson | Professional Development Higher levels of physical activity support learning, on-task behavior, and the development of lifelong wellness. Learn how to increase the activity level at your school using this self-paced lesson.

Happy Memorial Day I hope you are able to do the same.

Weekend Ed. Quote~May 25~Edwin H. Land

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Category: Apps, Post Feed Tags: apps, Bloom's Taxonomy, Helen Teague, http://4oops.com, pedagogy Leave a Comment This graphic matches educational and popular apps with the Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs.

Great exercise to replicated with high school students to demonstrate integration of disparate elements/finding connections.

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The Big Library Read

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What a great idea! A world-wide community Book Club! See if your library is participating in the Big Library Read.
Over 7500 libraries, across 10 countries, are taking part in this first ever global book club.

The Big Library Read is an international program promoting reading among millions of patrons from more than 7,500 participating libraries. Readers are being asked to read Michael Malone’s Four Corners of the Sky. Ebooks count too and several libraries are offering the ebook without charge to their library patrons.

The book chosen for the collective reading experience is Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone. Four Corners of the Sky is a novel of love, secrets and the mysterious bonds of families for 26-year old Annie who attempts to reconnect with the con-artist father who abandoned her to his sister nearly twenty years ago, along with a single-engine airplane:

The Big Library Read expires on June 1, so be sure to check out a copy today!

During the campaign, discussion questions will be posted on social media. There will be a worldwide conversation using the hash tag #BigLibraryRead. Check it out and then…check it out!!

Weekend Ed. Quote~May 18~Anne Lamott

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What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world…
~Anne Lamott Yahoo! in Talks to Acquire Tumblr

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Yahoo! in Talks to Acquire Tumblr: Deal Could Reach As High As $1 Billion (Adweek) Is Marissa Mayer about to make a game-changing acquisition? It appears so. Yahoo! is in serious talks with Tumblr to acquire the social blogging site, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. While its revenue is modest, Tumblr has positioned itself as one of the few players in the digital ad world that is well-suited for brand advertising. And Tumblr is also the domain of the young, cool and creative crowd — not currently a Yahoo! sweet spot. AllThingsD Earlier this week, Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman spoke at JPMorgan’s Global Technology conference and underscored the need for the aging Silicon Valley Internet giant to attract more users from the coveted 18-to-24-years-old age bracket. Along with more marketing, he explicitly said Yahoo! needed to be “cool again.” The Verge Since taking control of Yahoo!, Mayer has pursued a string of acquisitions, including Summly, Astrid, Jybe and others. In addition to the failed Dailymotion acquisition, the company has also been rumored to be looking at Hulu, although Mayer has previously said that the company is shopping for smaller targets valued in the $100 million range.
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